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| Chile court extradites Fujimori | Chile court extradites Fujimori |
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| Chile's Supreme Court has approved the extradition of Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori. | Chile's Supreme Court has approved the extradition of Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori. |
| He is to be sent back to Peru, where he faces charges of human rights abuse and corruption - which he denies. | He is to be sent back to Peru, where he faces charges of human rights abuse and corruption - which he denies. |
| Mr Fujimori - the son of Japanese immigrants to Peru - was arrested after arriving in Chile from Japan in November 2005. | |
| He went there in a failed attempt to return to Peru to run in last year's presidential elections. | |
| Mr Fujimori led the country from 1990 to 2000, and fled to Japan as his term in office drew to a close. | |
| The human rights charges against him date back to the early 1990s, when his government was allegedly responsible for killing civilians in the fight against Shining Path Maoist guerrillas. | |
| He says the case against him is politically motivated. |